Delhi High Court
Deepak Talwar vs Income Tax Office on 13 March, 2026
Author: Neena Bansal Krishna
Bench: Neena Bansal Krishna
* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
% Reserved on: 11th November, 2025
Pronounced on: 13th March, 2026
+ CRL.M.C. 1844/2021, CRL.M.A. 12724/2021
+ CRL.M.C. 2148/2021 & CRL.M.A. 14493/2021
+ CRL.M.C. 2150/2021 & CRL.M.A. 14496/2021
+ CRL.M.C. 2151/2021 & CRL.M.A. 14498/2021
+ CRL.M.C. 2152/2021 & CRL.M.A. 14500/2021
+ CRL.M.C. 2254/2021 & CRL.M.A. 15082/2021
DEEPAK TALWAR
S/O. LATE N.D. TALWAR
R/O. 6/14, SHANTI NIKETAN,
NEW DELHI - 110021
.....Petitioner
Through: Mr. Tanveer Ahmed Mir, Senior
Advocate with Mr. Vaibhav Suri and
Ms. Ariana Ahluwalia, Advocates.
versus
INCOME TAX OFFICE
THROUGH STANDING COUNSEL
MR. ZOHEB HUSSAIN
.....Respondent
Through: Mr. Indruj Singh Rai, SSC with
Mr. Sanjeev Menon, JSC, Mr. Rahul
Singh, JSC, Mr. Gaurav Kumar and
Mr. Tanishq Ahuja, Advocates
CORAM:
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA
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J U D G M E N T
NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J.
1. The aforesaid six Criminal Misc. Petitions under Section 482 of the
Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “Cr.P.C“)
have been filed by the Petitioner to challenge the Order dated 19.02.2021,
whereby the learned ASJ in the Revision Petition, has upheld the Order of
the learned ACMM dated 01.10.2019, whereby the Application under
Section 311 Cr.P.C filed by the Income Tax Office for filing additional
documents, was allowed.
2. The facts in brief are that a Search and Seizure operation was carried
out by the Income Tax Authorities, at the residence and business offices of
the Petitioner on 22.06.2016, under Section 131 (1)(A) Income Tax Act. The
statements of Petitioner were recorded under Section 132(4) Income Tax
Act, though the statements were subsequently retracted by the Petitioner.
3. Based on the Search and Seizure conducted on 22.06.2016, the
Respondent Income Tax Authorities initiated proceedings under Black
Money Act, 2015. After conducting the investigations for a period of at least
24 months from June, 2016 till May, 2018, the Complaint under Section 200
Cr.P.C was filed on 31.05.2018 against the Petitioner for allegedly
committing the offences under Section 51(1) read with Section 54 Black
Money Act. As is evident from the Index of the Complaint, Annexures which
included Annexure-F which was only of a single page, were filed along with
the Complaint.
4. The cognizance on the Complaint, was taken on 05.09.2018 by the
learned ACMM and the Petitioner was summoned for 15.12.2018. Even on
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the date of summoning, no additional documents were filed or produced in
the Court by the Respondent. The cognizance was thus, taken on the basis of
the documents so filed, as on 31.05.2018. The matter was listed thereafter,
but no additional documents were filed on behalf of the Respondent. After
about eight months of filing the Complaint, somewhere in February, 2019 an
Application under Section 311 Cr.P.C was filed on the ground that
inadvertently certain documents could not be filed along with the Complaint.
The trial was at the stage of pre-Charge Evidence.
5. A Reply was filed by the Petitioner on 28.02.2019, vehemently
opposing the Application.
6. The learned ACMM allowed the Application vide Order dated
01.10.2019 and permitted the documents as stated I Annexure “F”, but
not filed earlier, to be taken on record. The part examination-in-chief of
the Complainant was recorded on 28.01.2020.
7. The six Criminal Revision Petitions No.11/2020, 12/2020, 13/2020,
14/2020, 15/2020 and 16/2020 were filed by the Petitioner before the
learned ASJ, who upheld the Order of the Learned ACMM, vide the
common impugned Order dated 19.02.2021.
8. The Petitioner, aggrieved by the Orders, has filed the present
Petitions to challenge the impugned Order on the grounds they are not
only illegal, irregular, incorrect and improper, but also in clear violation of
the provision of Cr.P.C. and Black Money Act. Once the cognizance is taken
on a Complaint under Section 200 Cr.P.C and the Accused/Petitioner is
summoned in accordance with law, the Prosecution/ Complaint cannot be
permitted to file any additional or further documents subsequently at a later
stage. As has been held in Yahoo! India Pvt. Ltd. vs. State & Anr., 2012
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(130) DRJ 656, this filing of additional documents tantamount to making an
amendment in the Criminal Complaint, which is impermissible in terms of
the procedure established by CR.P.C and Black Money Act.
9. It is further stated that in M/s Intercorp Industries Ltd. & Ors. vs.
Registrar of Companies, Crl. M.C.2050/2010 and Anand Srivastava vs. State
& Ors., Crl. M.C.601/2005 while considering the identical issue, wherein
additional documents were sought to be filed in a Complaint Case on the
basis of an inadvertent error/mistake, it was held that there was no provision
for filing additional documents in a Complaint under Section 200 Cr.P.C.
The Summoning Order therein having been passed on the Complaint
without relevant supporting documents, was set aside and the Complaint was
quashed in its entirety.
10. The learned ASJ and learned ACMM have failed to appreciate that at
the time of issuing the summons, these documents were not on record and
the learned ACMM did not take cognizance of the said documents.
Therefore, they cannot be made part of the record subsequently, by taking
refuge of an inadvertent error.
11. It is settled principle of law that a trial cannot be carried out and
evidence cannot be lead on documents which were never taken cognizance
of by the Magistrate, in the first place. Reliance is also placed on Sanjay
Gambhir vs. State, 2017 (2) DLT (CRI) 898.
12. Even otherwise, the Application under Section 311 Cr.P.C was not
maintainable, as this provision can be invoked only in case of oral testimony
and not for producing additional documents, on record.
13. The word “Complaint” as defined in Section 2(d) Cr.P.C covenants all
the allegations that the Complainant wants to bring to the notice of the
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learned Magistrate, and that does not leave any scope for any kind of
amendment or addition to the Complaint. There is no provision in Cr.P.C
akin to Order 6 Rule 17 Cr.P.C and the intent of the Legislature is very clear
that once a Complaint is filed covenanting oral and documentary evidence, it
stands locked before the Court and it is not open to any kind of amendment,
augmentation or fortification by means of additional documents.
14. In Shakkira Aboobacker vs. U. Chekkutty, 2017 SCC OnLine KER
31373, reliance was placed on Narayan vs. State of Maharashtra, (2014) 11
SCC 790 to observe that after the cognizance of the offence has been taken
long ago, permitting the amendment would cause serious prejudice to the
Accused and no such amendment can be allowed. The documents placed on
record would cause serious prejudice to the Petitioner, as without these
documents and on the basis of the Complaints filed, there is a clear case of
discharge and exoneration of the Complainant, at the appropriate stage of
Complaint Case.
15. Under Chapter XV and XVI of the Cr.P.C, there is no provision akin
to Section 173(8) Cr.P.C whereby the Prosecution can file further
documents, after filing of the Chargesheet under Section 173(2) Cr.P.C
provided the leave is sought for the same in the Final Report under Section
173(2) Cr.P.C.
16. The Respondent had nowhere reserved the right to file additional or
further documentary evidence on record before the learned Trial Court.
Hence, the Application of the Respondent Department was liable to be
dismissed.
17. The contention of the Respondent that the column of “any other
witness” in the List of Witnesses, would encompass any other document as
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well, is grossly erroneous and misconceived in law and ought to be rejected
forthwith. The Complaint filed by the Respondent along with the List of
Witnesses and documents as placed on record, were all taken into
consideration by the learned ACMM at the stage of taking cognizance of the
offence under Section 190 Cr.P.C and the power under Section 204 Cr.P.C
was duly exercised. The Petitioner is liable to be put on trial only on the
basis of the contents and documents which had been found to be adequate by
the learned ACMM while taking cognizance of the Complaint.
18. While merely contending that these documents were considered by
the Department at the time of granting Sanction, the Respondent cannot seek
to place the documents on record, when the same were admittedly not filed
along with the Complaint and at the time of taking cognizance.
19. Hence, a prayer is made that the impugned Order allowing the
Application under Section 311 Cr.P.C to take additional documents on
record be set aside.
20. The Respondent in its Reply has taken a Preliminary Objection that
the present Petition under Section 482 Cr.P.C has been filed to challenge the
Order dated 19.02.2021 of learned ASJ when in fact, it does not disclose any
infirmity in upholding the Order of the learned ASJ dated 01.10.2019
allowing the Application 311 Cr.P.C. It was observed that no hardship or
prejudice would be caused to the Petitioner, since he would have an
opportunity to counter the documents at the stage of pre-Charge Evidence.
The scope of Section 311 Cr.P.C has been correctly interpreted by the
learned ACMM as well as learned ASJ.
21. The Respondent has relied upon V. N. Patil vs. K. Nirajanan Kumar
& Ors., (2021) 3 SCC 661, wherein the scope of Section 311 Cr.P.C was
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explained. Reliance is also placed on Rajendera Prasad vs. Narcotic Cell,
(1999) 6 SCC 110, wherein the Apex Court observed that oversight or
mistakes during conduct of trial, cannot be understood a lacuna and so can
be corrected. Punjab and Haryana High Court in Balwinder Singh vs. State
of Punjab and Ors., 2009 SCC Online P&H 11350 held that the function of
Criminal Court is transmission of justice and no party can be allowed to take
undue benefit or to count on errors committed by others, leading to justice
being deprived to a party.
22. Further reference is made to Vipin Kumar vs. State of Delhi & Anr.,
2017 SCC OnLine Del 11433, wherein in a similar factual situation, it was
held that the power to receive evidence under Section 311 Cr.P.C can be
exercised even if the evidence of both the sides is closed as such jurisdiction
of the Court is dictated by exigency of the situation and fair play. The only
factor to govern the Court in exercise of powers under Section 311 Cr.P.C.,
would be whether such material is essential for the just decision of the case.
23. It is contended that in the similar factual situation Supreme Court as
well as High Courts, have permitted the documents to be filed under Section
311 Cr.P.C. Moreover, these documents were considered at the time of grant
of Sanction. The documents so placed on record are relevant as these are the
documents received from FT&TR Division of Central Board of Direct Taxes
under the provision of Double Tax Avoidance Agreement. These documents
disclosed that M/s Asia Field Ltd. vide Power of Attorney dated 05.02.2007
had appointed Deepak Talwar, the Petitioner as its true and lawful attorney,
to operate any bank accounts opened in the name of the Company with ING
Asia Private Bank Ltd. and to give instructions for any facility granted by
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the Bank to the Company. This in turn discloses that the Petitioner was the
actual owner/beneficiary of the Company.
24. These documents reflect the beneficial interest of the Petitioner in the
off shore Company M/s Asia Field Ltd., which the Petitioner had wilfully
not disclosed in his Income Tax Returns, thereby committing an offence
under Section 51(1) read with Section 54 of Black Money Act.
25. On merits, all the averments made in the Petition were denied. It is
submitted that there is no infirmity, illegality or impropriety in the impugned
Order of the learned ASJ and the present Petition is liable to be dismissed.
26. Written Submissions have been filed on behalf of the Petitioner
wherein similar contentions as stated in the Petition, have been raised.
Submissions heard and record perused.
27. An Application under Section 311 Cr.P.C. was filed on behalf of the
Respondent to place on record certain documents, which was specified in
the „Annexure F‟ annexed along with the Complaint, which was allowed by
learned ACMM vide Order dated 01.10.2019, which was upheld by learned
Additional Sessions Judge vide Order dated 19.02.2021.
28. The first contention raised on behalf of the Petitioner is that there is
no provision analogous to Order VI Rule 17 of the Civil Procedure Code,
1903 (hereinafter referred to as “CPC“) which permits amendment of the
Complaint and Section 311 Cr.P.C. cannot be invoked to place on record
additional documents which are highly prejudicial to the Petitioner,
especially when they did not form part of the record at the time when he was
summoned by the learned ACMM in the Complaint.
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29. What thus, firstly needs to be considered is whether the amendment of
the Complaint is permissible, under criminal jurisprudence and if yes, then
under what circumstances.
30. There is no denying that there is no provision like Order VI Rule 17
CPC, in the Criminal Procedure Code, enabling the amendment of the
Charge Sheet/Complaint. Though not strictly dealing with amendment,
Section 173(8) Cr.P.C. enables the Prosecution to file the supplementary
Charge-Sheet in the State case, provided that the investigation is ongoing
and is so mentioned in the Charge-Sheet.
31. For the Complaint cases, there is no provision in Cr.P.C., which
provides for the amendment of the Complaint. However, the Apex Court in
the case of U.P. Pollution Control Board vs. Modi Distillery, (1987) 3 SCC
684, had observed that where the infirmity is one which can easily be
removed by a formal amendment to the averments made in the Complaint,
then such amendment can be allowed. When there is a clerical or
typographical error in the Complaint regarding the description of the
Complainant, etc., then the plea for correction and amendment of the
Complaint, can be entertained and allowed by the criminal Court.
32. In the case of U.P Pollution Control Board vs. Modi Distilleries,
(1987) 3 SCC 684, Modi Distillery was impleaded instead of Modi
Industries Ltd. It was held that a technical flaw in a Complaint attributable
to the failure of Industrial Unit to furnish the requisite information called for
by the Board, can be easily cured.
33. Similarly, in the case of S.R. Sukumar vs. S. Sunaad Raghuram,
(2015) 9 SCC 609 while referring to U.P. Pollution Control Board, (supra),
it was held that an easily curable legal infirmity by means of an
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amendment, if no prejudice is caused to the other side, can be cured by
means of formal Application for amendment, notwithstanding the fact that
there is no enabling provision in the Cr.P.C. for entertaining the amendment
Application. On the contrary, if the amendment sought to be made in the
Complaint does not relate either to a curable infirmity or the same cannot
be corrected by a formal amendment or if there is likelihood of prejudice to
the other side, then the Court shall not allow such amendment in the
Complaint.
34. In the case of Amol Shripal Sheth vs. Hari Om Trading Co. Ltd.,
(2014) 6 Mah LJ 222 it was held by Bombay High Court that the Magistrate
has incidental and ancillary power to the main power of taking cognizance
of the offence, to entertain and allow the amendment Application and that
such power can be exercised before as well as after taking cognizance of the
offence, the only factor while deciding the amendment Application is that
the cognizance is taken of the offence and not the offender.
35. In the case of S.R. Sukumar, (supra) the Supreme Court noted that the
amendment in the Complaint even if not formal but a substantial one, can
still be allowed provided no cognizance was taken of the Complaint before
the disposal of the amendment Application. It was held that since summons
were yet to be ordered to be issued to the Accused, no prejudice would be
caused to the Accused. Furthermore, such amendment to the Complaint did
not change the original nature of the Complaint, being one of defamation.
36. It was re-enunciated in the case of Narayan vs. State of Maharashtra,
(2014) 11 SCC 790, by the Apex Court that amendment can be denied, only
if it deprives and causes serious prejudice to the accused.
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37. What would amount to a substantive amendment in the Complaint,
can be understood from the judgment of Sanjay Gambhir vs. State, 2017
SCC On Line Delhi 8331, wherein in a Complaint under 138 NI Act, where
the name of two Petitioners who were the Directors, had not been impleaded
as the Accused in the Complaint, was sought to be introduced by way of
amendment. It was held that to add an Accused not initially impleaded, is
not a curable defect and would cause serious prejudice to the Accused
sought to be summoned and consequently, such an amendment is
impermissible in law.
38. Similarly, in the case of Ram Deo Baba Developers and Builders vs.
Syed Mazaruddin Syed Shabuddin, through his LRs and Others, 2023 SCC
OnLine Bom 954 an amendment was sought to be made in a Complaint
under Section 138 NI Act, to incorporate the relevant facts with regard to
vicarious liability of the Accused No.1 to 4 (the partners in the Firm) and to
explain that they were responsible for the conduce of day to day business of
the Firm and as such were vicariously liable. It was held that the proposed
amendment was nothing but an elaboration of the material facts already
stated in the Complaint and did not change the nature of the Complaint and
could not be held prejudicial to the Accused. The proposed amendment was,
therefore, allowed.
39. In Himanshu vs. B. Shivamurthy, (2019) 3 SCC 797, in a Complaint
under Section 138 NI Act, the individual who was the Director in the
Company was made an Accused to whom Notice of Demand had been
served. The Complaint was lodged only against the Director, without
naming the Company as an Accused. It was held that in the absence of
Company being arraigned as an Accused, a Complaint against the Appellant
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(Director) is not maintainable. In the absence of Notice of Demand being
served upon the Company and without the compliance of provisions under
Section 138 NI Act, the Company cannot be allowed to be made a party by
way of Amendment and such recourse would be contrary to general
principles of criminal jurisprudence.
40. In the recent case of Bansal Milk Chilling Centre vs. Rana Milk
Food Private Limited, (2026) 1 SCC 712 the Apex Court while referring to
the aforesaid judgments, concluded that it would be fallacious to contain
that in no circumstance can an amendment to the Complaint be allowed
after cognizance is taken. In the said case even though cognizance had been
taken, the amendment in the Complaint was allowed to change the product
name from „Desi Ghee‟ (milk product) to „Milk‟. It was held that it was a
curable irregularity which would be addressed by allowing the amendment.
41. It therefore, emerges that the amendment of the Complaints may be
permitted, if it is clerical, typographical or an easily curable legal
infirmity, with the rider that no prejudice is caused to the other side.
42. The contention of the Petitioner is that allowing the documents to be
placed on record, tantamount to amendment of the Complaint itself, to the
prejudice of the Petitioner. This argument is totally fallacious for the simple
reason that there is no amendment sought of the Complaint, but only the
Documents, which though mentioned in the Complaint, could not be filed
earlier, along with it. Seeking to place on Record such documents cannot, by
any stretch of interpretation, be termed as amendment of the Complaint.
43. The second and the pertinent question is whether these documents
can be allowed to be placed on record, under the enabling Section 311
Cr.P.C. This Section confers wide discretion on the Court and is couched in
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widest terms; the only condition circumscribing this discretionary power is
that it can be invoked only for the ends of justice.
44. The aim of every Court is to discover the truth. Section 311 Cr.P.C. is
one of the many such provisions, which strengthens the arm of the Court in
its effort to unearth the truth by procedure sanctioned by law. This Section
gives ample power to the Courts to recall, summon or re-examine any
person in evidence if it appears to be essential to the just decision in the
case.
45. In the case of Jagdish vs. State of Haryana, Criminal Revision
No.2547 of 2009 decided on 25.09.2009 the Apex Court held that the
primary aim and object of this Section is to do justice between the parties. If
the Court comes to a conclusion that production of such evidence, which has
been sought to be produced taking recourse to Section 311 Cr.P.C would
enable the Court to come to a correct finding, it would be just and
reasonable for the Court to permit the evidence to be produced under this
Section. This Section does not distinguish but rather allows production of
evidence, whether documentary or oral, which the Court feels is necessary
for the just decision of the case and no fetters and impediments can be put
in exercise of these powers, which have been conferred by the Legislature
on the Trial Court.
46. The purpose and intent of the trial is to find out the truth and the truth
alone should prevail and in its quest to find out and to reach the truth, the
Trial court has been saddled with powers to make all efforts to reach the
correct conclusion, which is the truth. No doubt, in the said process, interest
of the parties has to be taken care of but that does not mean that justice
should be the casualty. The rights have been conferred under the statute,
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both on the Prosecution as well as the Accused and when the statute confers
such powers upon the Court, which is primarily in the nature of doing justice
and for that it is the satisfaction of the Court as to the essentiality of the
evidence, sought to be produced by the parties for the just decision of the
case, the same is dependent upon the facts of each case.
47. Its scope was so stated by the Supreme Court in Vijay Kumar vs. State
of U.P., (2011) 8 SCC 136 and was reiterated in Mannan Shaikh vs. State of
W.B., (2014) 13 SCC 59; Ratanlal vs. Prahlad Jat, (2017) 9 SCC 340;
Swapan Kumar Chatterjee vs. CBI, (2019) 14 SCC 328 wherein it was held
that first part of this Section is permissive, giving purely discretionary
authority to the criminal court at any stage of enquiry, trial or other
proceedings under the Court, to act in one of the three ways, namely:-
(i) To summon any person as a witness; or
(ii) To examine any person in attendance, though not summoned as
a witness; or
(iii) To recall or re-examine any person already examined.
48. The second part, which is mandatory, imposes an obligation on the
Court to summon and examine or to recall/re-examine any such person, if its
evidence appears to be essential for the just decision of the case.
49. In the case of Balwinder Singh vs. State of Punjab and Others, 2009
SCC OnLine P&H 11350, the Punjab and Haryana High Court while
referring to the case of Jagdish, (supra) held that if proper evidence is not
adduced or relevant material has not been brought on record due to
inadvertence or oversight, the Court should permit such mistake to be
rectified. The inadvertent omission on the part of the Prosecution, cannot be
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treated as a punishable lacuna which cannot be cured by the Court while
exercising its power under Section 311 Cr.P.C.
50. The Supreme Court in the case of Godrej Pacific Tech, Limited vs.
Computer Joint India Limited, 2008 (3) RCR (Criminal) 897 held that the
Section 311 is not limited only for the benefit of the Accused, and it will not
be an improper exercise of the powers by the Court to summon a witness
under this Section merely because the evidence supports the case of the
prosecution and not the accused. In Section 311, the significant expression
that occurs is “at any stage or any inquiry or trial or other proceedings
under this Code”. This Section, therefore, confers a very wide power on the
Court on summoning witnesses, the discretion conferred is to be exercised
judiciously, as wider the power, greater is the necessity for application of
judicial mind.
51. The illustration of the circumstances where Section 311 can be
invoked, was discussed in the case of V.N. Patil vs. K. Niranjanan Kumar &
Ors., (2021) 3 SCC 361, wherein a second post mortem of the deceased was
conducted, though the Report was not on the record. It was sought to be
placed on record and the witness to be summoned to prove it under Section
311 Cr.P.C. While re-emphasizing the scope of Section 311 Cr.P.C., it was
held that in the circumstances, such power of summoning the witness and
the document could have been exercised by the Court suo moto, but an
Application had been filed by the Prosecution under Section 311 Cr.P.C.
which should have been allowed to unearth the truth which was to the
benefit to the Accused as well, in order to aid a just decision and to uphold
the truth.
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52. The expanse of the discretion under Section 311 Cr.P.C was
explained by the Apex Court in the case of P. Chhaganlal Daga vs. M.
Sanjay Shaw (2003) 11 SCC 486, where it was observed that the power to
receive evidence under Section 311 of the Code, can be exercised even if the
evidence of both the sides is closed, as the jurisdiction of the Court is
dictated by the exigency of the situation and fair play. The only factor that
governs the Court in exercise of powers under Section 311 is, whether such
material is essential for the just decision of the case.
53. From the aforesaid judgment, it emerges that the scope of Section 311
Cr.P.C. is vast and includes not only oral but also documentary evidence;
where witnesses along with additional documents were sought to be
examined, was held to be within the scope of Section 311 Cr.P.C.
54. In the present case, in Paragraph 9 of the Complaint, there was
specific reference to the documents received from FT&TR Division of
CBDT, which was stated to be annexed as „Annexure F‟. Under the
provisions of Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA), the documents
were received with respect to the Accused which disclosed that the
Company M/s Asia Field Limited vide Power of Attorney dated 05.02.2007
appended Deepak Talwar as its true and lawful Attorney to operate any
Bank Account opened in the name of the Company with ING Asia Pvt.
Bank Limited and to give the instructions for any facility granted by the
Bank. It further detailed the scope of the Instructions which could be given
by the Accused Deepak Talwar.
55. The other factors that also got disclosed were the KYC documents
provided by the Bank of Singapore, Letter of Orange Field Trust Ltd., an
instrument of trust, for creation of the Balajee Trust, Mauritius dated
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24.04.2009, Deed of Removal dated 09.09.2014 vide which Depak Talwar
was removed from the class of beneficiary under the Trust, Bank Account of
Asia Field Limited and such details.
56. It was further averred in the paragraph 9 that all these documents
received by FT&TR Division of CBDT were annexed as Annexure 7.
57. The perusal of the Annexure F also further shows that the details of
all these documents along with their content, had been mentioned. It is not a
case where there is anything new which is sought to be produced. It is only
the documents which already found mention in the Complaint and the
Annexure 7, which are sought to be placed on record.
58. These documents according to the Respondent, could not be annexed
along with the Complaint, as they were not available at the requisite time.
Both learned ACMM and learned Additional Sessions Judge, has rightly
observed that these were the documents which found mention in the
Complaint and were duly considered while sanction was granted by the
Competent Authority. It is not as if some documents which did not form the
part of Complaint, are now being sought to be placed on record.
59. Even then too, Section 311 Cr.P.C. is wide enough to permit the
documents and the witness to be examined, if found to be necessary in the
quest for justice. Therefore, it is a case where on account of
inadvertence/non-availability of the documents not filed earlier, had been
sought to be placed on record along with Application under Section 311
Cr.P.C.
60. The Application had been rightly allowed vide impugned Order dated
19.02.2021, of learned ASJ. There is no infirmity in the impugned Order and
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the Petitions are accordingly, dismissed. Pending Applications, are also
disposed of.
61. A copy of this Judgment be kept in all the connected matters.
(NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA)
JUDGE
MARCH 13, 2026
va/N
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